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Now, apparently I worried someone enough for them to have made some calls with my last post. Apologies. I really AM fine.

And to prove it I thought it was worth sharing that tonight was my first game of netball since school (let alone post-stroke, etc.)

Here in the UK, England Netball is running an initiative called “Back to Netball“. So long as you’re over 16, you’re eligible to go along. It’s dead cheap (about £2 or £3 depending on location) and you don’t have to have ever played before. Most people played at school but not since, so it’s really mixed ability…

I found it because I was googling for netball in the area, since we all know it’s very unlikely I’m ever going to be friends with a gym. And I came across this:

If you click it you can read all about it. Anyway, I thought, “Well if she can do it, I can definitely do it,” and I have.

Not having played for cough-cough too many years, and not having the balance I used to have either (though really, I’m sure that wasn’t the problem!) I was crap. I did score a goal though and I had so much fun I almost forgot I was running around for an hour.

So there you go, I’m fine. And running around. And making a few new friends in my new, slightly less lonely city.

[And yes, I did clear it with the GP. We changed the meds today to ones I’m more comfortable with, and the haemoglobin is slowly climbing so everyone is happy and chilled!]

Another day I’ll blog on what it’s like moving yourself lock, stock and barrel to a new city, where the people you brunch, lunch and supper with are not. I’m not sure it’s part of the post-stroke story. Except of course, it probably is.